Sao Tome, Sao Tome e Principe, March 27,
2014 – Referee development in Sao Tome e Principe has taken an important step
forward with the recent Volleyball Cooperation Programme Referee Course, which was
held from March 16 to 20 under the leadership of Portuguese referee Mr. Rui
Jorge Carvalho.

In all there were 15 men and four women,
all coming from the host country, who took part in the programme that was
conducted in Portuguese.

The participants showed a high level
of engagement throughout the course and took the opportunity to learn more
about different refereeing topics.

The Course is designed to educate and
train new referees at the national level. It also provides National Federations
with a structure so that they may continue to develop their national referees.